Name 1902-1933SS Unity Out of service 2 May 1918 Launched 1 November 1902 Draft 4.11 m | Yard number 190 Fate Sunk by UB-57 Length 75 m | |
Operator 1902-1905Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited
1905-1918Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Builder Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow | ||
SS Unity was a freight vessel built for the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited in 1902.
History
Unity was built by Murdoch and Murray Port Glasgow for the Co-operative Wholesale Society and launched on 1 November 1902.
Unity was obtained in 1905 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Having avoided a torpedo attack which sank another vessel from the line in April 1918, Unity was torpedoed and sunk on 2 May 1918 by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-57 in the English Channel 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Folkestone.with the loss of twelve of her crew.
References
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